INDIANS BEING MARTIANS

24-SEPTEMBER-2014

Introduction to Mars

Mars is the fourth Planet from the Sun

and the second smallest planet in the solar

system after Mercury.

Named after the “Roman god of war” , it is

often described as the “Red Planet” because the iron

oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish

appearance.

MOM

It is a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit on 5th Nov

2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO).

It was successfully inserted into Orbit of Mars on 24th

Sept 2014 (Yesterday), making India the first country in

the world to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars on

it’s very first attempt.

Documentary Video

India’s step towards Mars

According to ISRO, the Mars spacecraft was successfully

inserted into the Martian orbit at 515 km away from the red

planet’s surface and 215 million km away from the earth in radio

distance. The challenging task of the Mars Orbit insertion began

at 4:17 AM yesterday, when the spacecraft switched over to the

medium gain antenna for emitting and receiving radio signals.

PM’s Message and Speech

According to Prime Minister:

“We have dared to reach out into the unknown and have achieved the near impossible”

-Narendra Damodardas ModiHe congratulated Indians and

ISRO scientists for the success, despite and constraint of resources.

PM’s Message and Speech

Possibilities of life on Mars

Mars is of particular interest for the study of the origins

of life because of its similarity to the early Earth. This is

especially so since Mars has a cold climate and lacks plate

tectonics or continental drift.

It remains an open question whether life currently

exists on Mars or has existed there in the past, and fictional

Martians have been a recurring feature of popular

entertainment of the 20th and 21st centuries.

“Go MOM!.................Go”,

make INDIA SUPERPOWER.